Kome

First to review this business!

I was at Ikoyi Club swimming section a few days back to enquire about swimming lessons. Since I’d reviewed the Ikoyi Club Main Kitchen Restaurant sometime last year, I decided to try out the food at the swimming section.

Couple of quick updates before I dive into the review. If you’re 25 and over, you no longer qualify as a junior member. You’d need to start looking into converting into an adult member if you’d like to continue patronizing the club. Current conversion cost is about 700K NGN, then a bi-annual fee of about 90K applies. If you don’t convert by the time you’re 30, you’d have to start the membership process all over again and pay over 1M to rejoin the club. If, like me, you’re not ready to “handle” the conversion cost, then you can get a current club member to sign you in for 1K.

The Ikoyi Club swimming section has two indoor spaces where one can eat. One is air conditioned while the other isn’t. I ate at the former. When I walked in, one of the waiters was asleep on a chair. Once I settled in, he’d woken up and brought me a menu. I asked his recommendation and he said “chicken and chips”…talk about childhood memories! That used to be my fav thing when I was younger. Anyway, I opted for something else – prawns and fried rice.

Before my order arrived, I noticed the ceilings need some work. I hope management looks into this asap.

Drinks arrived promptly. The food followed and was served within 15 or so minutes. The fried rice was decent, but the prawns weren’t great. It was stewed prawns but the stew didn’t taste good. I definitely preferred the food at the main kitchen. I just kept on wondering whether I should have gotten chicken and chips like the waiter advised.

My bill for my meal plus a bottle of star and sprite was 2260 NGN! I paid via POS. I’m still stunned that a bottle of Star cost 200 NGN here!! Ikoyi Club is probably one of the cheapest spots to eat and drink at in Lagos.

On my way out, I saw a different waiter sleeping at the bar ??. I couldn’t resist and took a fine picture of the young man (see photos in the gallery). Then, the waiter who’d attended to me ran towards my direction and explained that I was overcharged by 300 NGN. He apologized and asked me to wait for the change but I was in a hurry and had to leave.

Overall, I’d probably avoid eating in this section of the club moving forward. Plus, something needs to be done about the ceiling and sleeping waiters!

PS – I started swimming lessons with an instructor called Tunde and he’s pretty amazing! I highly recommend his services.

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